Self-mutilation of Fingers Following Median Nerve Injury: Case Reports and Literature Review

Self-mutilation of fingers following nerve injuries is extremely rare, but it can lead to serious complications, including amputation if not treated timely. We report here what we believe to be the first English language reports of self-mutilation of fingers following median nerve injury caused by a...

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Autores principales: Binfadil, Wafa, Sinha, Rahul P, Saleh, Hayder, Ali, Farhan, Alshryda, Sattar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Neurology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7255529/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32489727
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.7872
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author Binfadil, Wafa
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Alshryda, Sattar
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description Self-mutilation of fingers following nerve injuries is extremely rare, but it can lead to serious complications, including amputation if not treated timely. We report here what we believe to be the first English language reports of self-mutilation of fingers following median nerve injury caused by a supracondylar humeral fracture.
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spelling pubmed-72555292020-06-01 Self-mutilation of Fingers Following Median Nerve Injury: Case Reports and Literature Review Binfadil, Wafa Sinha, Rahul P Saleh, Hayder Ali, Farhan Alshryda, Sattar Cureus Neurology Self-mutilation of fingers following nerve injuries is extremely rare, but it can lead to serious complications, including amputation if not treated timely. We report here what we believe to be the first English language reports of self-mutilation of fingers following median nerve injury caused by a supracondylar humeral fracture. Cureus 2020-04-28 /pmc/articles/PMC7255529/ /pubmed/32489727 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.7872 Text en Copyright © 2020, Binfadil et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title Self-mutilation of Fingers Following Median Nerve Injury: Case Reports and Literature Review
title_full Self-mutilation of Fingers Following Median Nerve Injury: Case Reports and Literature Review
title_fullStr Self-mutilation of Fingers Following Median Nerve Injury: Case Reports and Literature Review
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title_short Self-mutilation of Fingers Following Median Nerve Injury: Case Reports and Literature Review
title_sort self-mutilation of fingers following median nerve injury: case reports and literature review
topic Neurology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7255529/
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